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Join Camidge & Stringer in The Ivor Potter Hall at The Parkhouse Centre for this special fundraising event for Bude Sea Pool.
Drip, drip, drip. Sealed up and forgotten, under the Penzance promenade, lies an underground swimming pool.
Splash!
In 1890, two young women meet while taking the waters. Over the years as they continue to bathe, a stream of stories trickles between them: Peeping Toms, the Titanic, WW1 loss and the scandal of the Cornish carnival queens.
An epic tale which spans 70 years of Cornish bathing, until the last gurgle goes down the plughole.
The performance includes original music, film, authentic photographs & news clippings and live performance.
Pool Under the Prom lasts 100 mins plus an interval, giving a total running time of around two hours.
The show played to an enthusiastic audience of over 100 at the Acorn, Penzance on September 1st 2018, and here are some of the comments:
Via social media:
?An excellent production? I will certainly be looking out for other things that you do?
?You were both superb. Acting, script, concept, imagination, everything?
?A terrific tour de force! So impressed on so many levels?
?Had so much fun! What a blast??
And from the Cornishman?s ?Community Spirit? Review:
?I loved, loved, loved this show?
?A wonderful double-act, who combine humour and fact-finding to bring true stories to life? told through? two women?s mutual love of bathing? Documenting?. the political and social events of the times? an ever-evolving fashion parade? Incorporating silent film clips portraying Chaplin-esque comedy vignettes..a glimpse of stocking, fascinating facts and laughs a-plenty?
Tickets also available (cash/cards) via Bude T.I.C.
Tickets also available (cash only) via Bude shops:
- The Seventh Wave Gallery
- Spencer Thorn Bookshop
- Ark Angel Christian Bookshop
- The Friends of Bude Sea Pool office
Duration: Approx 2 hrs including an interval.
Unreserved seating (but chairs are provided!)
Refreshments/bar by the Friends of Bude Sea Pool.
There will be a cash raffle to support The Sea pool
North Coast Arts is based in Bude, Cornwall. It promotes an exciting menu of high quality arts events around the North Coast of Cornwall, at a range of lovely open-air and indoor venues.
This performance is one of 23 professional Open Air Theatre shows from May - Aug 2022. This is the only indoor show!
For details of other arts events in North Cornwall visit www.northcoastarts.co.uk
Info: info@northcoastarts.co.uk
- Richard Wolfenden-Brown 01288 356537
The Crescent,
Bude,
Cornwall,
England,
EX23 8LD.
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